Episode #419: 'Highest 2 Lowest' with W. Kamau Bell

W. Kamau Bell (wkamaubell.com) is a noted comedian, author, filmmaker, and activist. He’s also the former co-host of the podcast DENZEL WASHINGTON IS THE GREATEST ACTOR OF ALL TIME PERIOD, along with our very own Kevin Avery. Now, we've gotten the former co-hosts (and former roommates!) back together. It’s a big deal, but does Spike Lee and Denzel Washington’s big reunion rise to the occasion? Find out as we discuss HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, and stay to hear some fantasy pitches for other classic movies that we’d like to see get Denzel-ified.
What’s Good?
Alonso - Petit Grain (and supporting your local bakery…and eating your feelings)
Drea - being on festival juries
Kamau - pizza; daughter fetching an umbrella for dad
Kevin - killing a wasp in a beekeeping suit
ITIDIC
Unfinished Orson Welles Movie Being Completed By AI (hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/o…)
…Meanwhile, WB Sues Midjourney (futurism.com/midjourney-trouble-warner-bros-di…)
After The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie and The Rock Are Pairing Up Again (indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/benny-safdie-…)

Staff Picks
Alonso - The Baltimorons (justwatch.com/us/movie/the-baltimorons)
Drea - Preparation for the Next Life (justwatch.com/us/movie/preparation-for-the-nex…) (?)
Kevin - Love, Brooklyn (justwatch.com/us/movie/love-brooklyn)
Kamau - The Unforgivable Sin of Ms. Rachel (youtube.com/watch?v=QwpanShgOp4&t=4s)
Subscribe to Kamau’s Newsletter, Who’s With Me? (wkamaubell.substack.com)
Akira Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW on Criterion (criterion.com/films/543-high-and-low?srsltid=A…)

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Kevin Avery (instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy)
Drea Clark (twitter.com/thedreaclark)
Alonso Duralde (bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social)
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)